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PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
North-Central Section

57th Annual Meeting of the North-Central Section, GSA

Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA | 4–5 May 2023

www.geosociety.org/nc-mtg

A Meeting in the Mitten: Water, Rock, Wonderland

L.V. Eberhard Center at GVSU. Photo credit: Amanda Pitts, University Com-
munications, Grand Valley State University.

LOCATION US$36. If you cannot submit an abstract online, please contact
Situated on the Grand River, just east of beautiful Lake Michigan, Heather Clark, +1-303-357-1018, hclark@geosociety.org.
the city of Grand Rapids is home to approximately 600,000 people.
In the Ottawa dialect, the Grand River is called Owashtanong, TECHNICAL PROGRAM
“Far-Flowing Water,” a reflection on its length of 252 miles. Like For additional information, please contact the Technical
the river, the history of the city is far reaching, is full of bends, Program chair, Kevin Mickus, kevinmickus@missouristate.edu.
has changed course several times, and its development has broadly
impacted the region. Early on, the city was famous for its mile-long, T1. Teaching Geoscience at 2YC: Working to Engage Students
300-yard-wide, and 10-to-15-foot-tall rapids (which are soon to be and Broaden Participation. Endorsed by GSA Geoscience
restored!). Because the river allowed for the transportation of logs, Education Division. Tari Noelani Mattox, Grand Rapids
mills and factories soon appeared, and Grand Rapids came to be Community College, tmattox@grcc.edu; Andrea Bair, Delta
called America’s “Furniture City” thanks to the resultant production College, andreabair@delta.edu.
of fine wood furniture. More recently the city has been recognized
as the center of office furniture manufacturing and the home of T2. Recent Advances in K–16 Geoscience Education.
Gerald R. Ford, 38th President of the United States. Today, the city Endorsed by GSA Geoscience Education Division. Steve
is well known as the home of the world’s most attended public art Mattox, Grand Valley State University, mattoxs@gvsu.edu;
event called ArtPrize, a Top 20 U.S. Foodie City, and, for 10 years Peter J. Voice, Western Michigan University, peter.voice@
running, recognized as Beer City USA! Geologically, Grand Rapids wmich.edu.
is centered in an elliptical, intracratonic structural basin overlying
Precambrian crystalline basement and topped with glacially depos- T3. Building the High School to College Pipeline: Honoring
ited unconsolidated material resulting in geologic formations that the Career of Chris Bolhuis. Endorsed by GSA Geoscience
span more than 3.5 billion years. Added to the mix are an ancient Education Division. Steve Mattox, Grand Valley State
failed mid-continental rift that includes important economic depos- University, mattoxs@gvsu.edu; Jesse Reimink, Penn State
its and the unparalleled hydrologic system of the Great Lakes. This University, jreimink@psu.edu.
region is truly a water and rock wonderland. We are designing the
57th meeting of GSA’s North-Central Section to be as diverse as T4. From Online Expectations Back to In-Person Execution:
the history of the region. The technical program, field trips, and Navigating New Teaching Norms in the “New Normal”
short courses cover a range of topics, including coastal processes Post-Pandemic World. Endorsed by GSA Geoscience
and landforms, critical minerals, magmatism and metamorphism, Education Division. Stephen M. Crabtree, University of
geomorphology and paleoclimate, geophysics, carbonate diagenesis, Minnesota, Morris, crabt012@morris.umn.edu.
environmental geochemistry, undergraduate and graduate student–
focused sessions, K–16 earth-science education, inclusivity and anti- T5. Teaching and Learning: Outdoors to Online. Endorsed
racism in the geosciences, new technologies for mapping, karst of by GSA Geoscience Education Division. Kristen Foley,
the Midwest, hydrologic processes and applications, geobiology, Western Michigan University, kristen .meade@wmich.edu;
and advances in mineralogy and petrology. We invite you and your Heather Petcovic, Western Michigan University, heather
guests to join us for a Meeting in the Mitten, where we will gather in .petcovic@wmich.edu.
an engaging conference experience and take in the many offerings
of this unique region. T6. In-Person Field Trips in A COVID-19 World: Best
Practices, Best Places. Endorsed by GSA Geoscience
CALL FOR PAPERS Education Division. Danita Brandt, Michigan State
Abstracts deadline: 7 Feb. 2023 University, brandt@msu.edu; Michael Velbel, Michigan
Submit online at www.geosociety.org/nc-mtg State University, velbel@msu.edu.
Abstract submission fee: GSA members: professionals, US$30;
students, US$18; non-members: professionals, US$60; students,

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